Stories from Monday, May 27, 2024

The bodies of a young missionary couple from the U.S. who were attacked and fatally shot by gang members in Haiti are expected to be transported to Missouri this week, a spokesperson for the families said Sunday. Thursday's killings of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, and Jude Montis, the local director of a mission group, Missions in Haiti Inc., happened in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince. They were leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press...

A local insurance agent fulfilled a yearslong goal of bringing a new style of upscale establishment to Cape Girardeau. ...

Tree, home and power line damage is being reported across southwest Butler County following a round of severe weather between 6-7 a.m. Sunday. Poplar Bluff Severe Weather Storm Spotters say a possible funnel cloud was spotted around 7 a.m., but no tornado has been confirmed as of 7:30 a.m...

SIKESTON — Severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes pushed through the region early Sunday, May 26. There have been reports of limbs down, structure damage and power outages in Sikeston, Miner and surrounding areas. Here a few images from Sikeston...

Cape Girardeau Central High School valedictorian Lydia Cao had just finished giving an address at her graduation ceremony May 19 at the Show Me Center when a loud bang rang out. A gun shot. ...

VALLEY VIEW, Texas — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. ...

Two men have been cited for felony driving while intoxicated resulting in the death of another after a Benton man died in a golf cart crash early Sunday morning. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report says the incident occurred shortly at about 12:215 a.m. ...

Today is Monday, May 27, the 148th day of 2024. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day)...

Lord Jesus, thank you for our veterans and bless those currently serving. Amen.

With more tariffs on electric vehicles and an election featuring two pro-tariff presidential candidates on the way, the debate about how best to support and strengthen the U.S. manufacturing sector is back. Some argue, mistakenly, that the key to protecting American industries and manufacturing jobs is a set of tariffs on industrial imports. This approach is ultimately counterproductive. There are better ways to help American manufacturing, not the least of which is to remove regulatory barriers and reform the tax code. ...

The Cape Catfish baseball team is back in action. Now in their fifth season, the Cape Catfish have quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the Prospect League. In just a few short years, they’ve managed to capture the hearts of baseball fans in this community. General manager Mark Hogan consistently puts a good product on the field. And team president Glenn Campbell and his team produce a fun game-day experience. Credit also goes to owners Andy and Anissa Patel for their investment in the team as well as consultant Jim Limbaugh. ...

Ask Google if cats have been on the moon and it used to spit out a ranked list of websites so you could discover the answer for yourself. Now it comes up with an instant answer generated by artificial intelligence — which may or may not be correct. ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Seven tough weeks passed with her husband in the hospital before Nancy Gag Braun found long-term care for him. From 2019 up until that point in 2022, Braun had cared for Steven at their Mankato home. A traumatic brain injury in February 2019, followed by his progressive dementia, eventually led to the need for professional help and the hospital stay. ...

The hardest part of Culix Wibonele's first job in long-term care was not getting injured. Originally from Kenya, Wibonele worked as a certified nursing assistant in Atlanta in 2014. She went to the homes of mostly older clients, helping them with everything from bathing to cooking. Wibonele worked alone and sometimes had to lift clients much bigger than her...

A local KFC franchise and liquor store get new owners, while a counseling center opens up. ...

Laura Coalter Parker and Chesnye Steward have been appointed to the Saint Francis Foundation Board of Directors. ...

The new family nurse practitioner is a Southeast Missouri State University graduate. ...

Madelyn Webb will start her position Monday, June 3, leading the chamber's sales efforts to recruit and maintain partnerships. ...

Only one of Red Lobster's 17 Missouri restaurants, located in Jefferson City, closed as a result of the company's bankruptcy filing. ...

Beverly Ann Harris, 65, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, May 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis. She was born March 22, 1959, in Cape Girardeau to Gene and JoAnn Crader. ...

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political record...

KYIV, Ukraine -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine's northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv...

NEW DELHI -- Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to cross Bangladesh and India's West Bengal coasts around midnight Sunday. ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian health workers said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and "numerous" others were trapped in flaming debris. Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made up most of the dead and dozens of wounded...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found...

BRUSSELS -- The European Union's foreign policy chief insisted Sunday that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court's rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and, at the same time, questioned the possible involvement of authorities in the settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- There's an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites. When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood. ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska's new election system -- with open primaries and ranked voting -- has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Used for the first time in 2022, the changes helped propel the first Alaska Native to a seat in Congress. They could be short-lived...

After a month of lowering fuel prices, gas costs are not slowing as quickly as before.